John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 78:51

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, etc.] From the prince to the peasant; and not only the firstborn of men, but of beasts also, (<021229>Exodus 12:29), the chief of their strength; or first of it, as the firstborn is called, (<014903>Genesis 49:3), in the tabernacles of Ham; in the several cities, towns, villages, and houses of the Egyptians, the descendants of cursed Ham; for Mizraim, from whom the Egyptians have their name, and from whence they sprung, was a son of Ham’s, (<011006>Genesis 10:6). Perhaps No Ammon may be particularly meant, (Na 3:8), the same with Memphis, and which signifies the mansion or palace of Ammon, that is, Ham; and so Chemmis, another city in Egypt, signifies the same f1139; of which (see <19A523>Psalm 105:23) this was the tenth and last plague: according to Suidas f1140, the plagues of Egypt continued forty days.

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